Re: [boost] BOOST_DATE_TIME_NO_LIB

Subject: Re: [boost] BOOST_DATE_TIME_NO_LIB
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-07-14 14:29:11

On Jul 14, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Beman Dawes wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> 
>> on Tue Jul 12 2011, Thomas Klimpel <Thomas.Klimpel-AT-synopsys.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> gpolo1_at_[hidden] wrote:
>>>> I #defined
>>>> BOOST_DATE_TIME_NO_LIB in my header file and the program compiles and
>>>> works fine. So what is the purpose of this definition.
>>> 
>>> Contrary to what the name might suggest, it just turns autolinking off.
>> 
>> How is it that we haven't renamed these macros to something more
>> suggestive of their meaning by now?
>> 
>> Let me try a less rhetorical approach: suppose we rename these things?
>> (We can leave code in place to achieve backward compatibility if
>> necessary).
> 
> How about:
> 
> BOOST_DATE_TIME_AUTOLINK_OFF
> and for the global:
> BOOST_ALL_AUTOLINK_OFF
> 
> --Beman

I like it!

-- Marshall

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